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Poems about ravens and crows October 21, 2012

Posted by Phila Rogers in Birding, Reviews American Crow / Photo by Bob Lewis

By Phila Rogers

When eighty California poets come together to create an anthology about crows and ravens, you know these corvids have a strong grip on the human imagination.

The anthology A Bird Black as the Sun: California Poets on Crows & Ravens was produced by two Santa Barbara poets, Enid Osborn and Cynthia Anderson, and published earlier this year by Green Poet Press.

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Bay Area Birds, by David Lukas October 4, 2012

Posted by Phila Rogers in Birding, Reviews California Towhee / Photo by Bob Lewis

By Phila Rogers

When I first opened this dense volume, I wondered: “Do I really need another bird book?”  It’s a rhetorical question, of course, because I seldom can resist, whether it’s yet another guide book or a personal account of  a birding  life.

David Lukas’ Bay Area Birds  (Lukas Guides, 2012) is jam-packed with information written to compliment your field guide. These days, …

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